Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 833 · 40 questions

Remember (My Very Easy Method): Order from the Sun: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune (“My Very Easy Method Just Speeds Up Naming”). Mercury – closest and smallest, Venus – hottest, Mars – the red planet, Jupiter – largest, Saturn – famous rings, Neptune – farthest. The Sun and the Pole Star are stars; the Moon, Titan and Ganymede are moons; Earth has 1 moon.

1. 1.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
2. 2.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is closest to the Sun (c) is the planet we live on (d) is the hottest planet
3. 3.Which of these is a planet? (a) Titan (b) Ganymede (c) Phobos (d) Mars
4. 4.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Earth (b) Mercury (c) Venus (d) Mars
5. 5.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Mars (b) Neptune (c) Uranus (d) Venus
6. 6.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Venus (b) Uranus (c) Neptune (d) Mercury
7. 7.🛰️ What is the path of a planet round the Sun called? (a) its axis (b) its shadow (c) its tail (d) its orbit
8. 8.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
9. 9.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mercury?
10. 10.🌌 Is Venus a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
11. 11.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Mars (b) Venus (c) Mercury (d) Jupiter
12. 12.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is farthest from the Sun (c) is called the red planet (d) has oceans of water
13. 13.Which of these is a star? (a) Mars (b) Titan (c) the Pole Star (d) Venus
14. 14.Which of these is a moon? (a) the Sun (b) Ganymede (c) Jupiter (d) the Pole Star
15. 15.True or false: Earth is closest to the Sun. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🌌 Is Saturn a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
17. 17.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is farthest from the Sun (c) is the planet we live on (d) is the hottest planet
18. 18.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Saturn?
19. 19.Which of these is a moon? (a) Jupiter (b) Phobos (c) the Pole Star (d) Venus
20. 20.🌌 Is Ganymede a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
21. 21.🪐 Which planet has oceans of water? (a) Earth (b) Venus (c) Mars (d) Jupiter
22. 22.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mars?
23. 23.True or false: Earth has oceans of water. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: Venus is the smallest planet. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
26. 26.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Uranus?
27. 27.True or false: Neptune is farthest from the Sun. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these is a star? (a) Sirius (b) Saturn (c) Titan (d) Mars
29. 29.True or false: Saturn is famous for its rings. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🌕 Why does the Moon shine at night? (a) it reflects sunlight (b) it makes its own light (c) it has lamps (d) it is on fire
31. 31.Which of these is a star? (a) Saturn (b) Earth (c) the Sun (d) Ganymede
32. 32.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is the largest planet (b) is called the red planet (c) is closest to the Sun (d) spins tipped on its side
33. 33.True or false: Mars is closest to the Sun. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: Jupiter is the hottest planet. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🪐 Which planet is closest to the Sun? (a) Mercury (b) Neptune (c) Venus (d) Earth
36. 36.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) the Moon hides the Sun (b) the Sun switches off (c) Earth spins on its axis (d) clouds cover the sky
37. 37.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
38. 38.Which of these is a moon? (a) the Moon (b) Sirius (c) Jupiter (d) the Sun
39. 39.Which of these is a planet? (a) Phobos (b) the Sun (c) Jupiter (d) the Pole Star
40. 40.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Venus?

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